title is misleading. first paragraph immediately says they’re still made of rice, just rice flour instead of rice grains.
Now they’re just reshaped packing peanuts
They replaced it with another natural ingredient that fills even more, and that ingredient is wood.
Extra fibre.
Uh, so what are they now, just sugar and vitamins?
They’re taking rice flour not whole grain rice and apparently aren’t gluten free anymore
But like, rice crispy bars were the one sweet “baked” good that anyone could make for gluten free needs…
Uhhh rice crispies have never been gluten free tough? The malt flavor is derived from barley and contains gluten.
Shit, did my mam lie to me all these years, lolol
You would think with something like rice they would have a warning that it may contain gluten, people assume too much. But that’s also why stuff is labeled as gluten free if it is and designed so.
If they’re anything like my parents, they just choose to accept what they want and don’t want to be corrected -.-
I don’t know if the article is true, but the article did mention there was a warning on the package.
It’s not listed on the package I have, Canada usually has better labeling too, but the article says “may contain” because it’s produced in factories that produce gluten, they don’t even talk about the malt flavoring having gluten.
Edit, interestingly, the Rice Krispies treat bar lists “barley malt extract” and specifies it contains barley.
According to the article, they’ve previously been labeled as “may contain gluten” due to being processed in a facility that makes other things with gluten, so they were probably fine for non-celiac gf folks. Now it’s actually part of the ingredients, so that’s over.
rice bubbles are still GF, but coco pops now contain gluten.
Also adding corn flour to the mixture as well.
Holupaminit, I thought this was a figure of speech! They meant “changing weather conditions” literally, as in, the rice grains don’t work for them as an ingredient any more due to poor quality? WTF?!
Welcome to some direct effects of climate change.
Oh boy, gluten in another thing I occasionally eat. Fuck yourself, Kelloggs.
They’ve always had gluten in them though… same with corm flakes.
They’ve never been gluten-free, tho.
Previously, Rice Krispies and Coco Pops were labelled “may contain gluten” because they were made in a factory where other cereals containing gluten were also handled.
That, and the fact that they’ve been flavored with barley this whole time.
Malt flavor can also be made from corn or rice.
Yikes
Everything will be corn and you’ll like it, god dammit.
Back to sawdust?
So are they going to just call them “Krispies” now?
Considering they’re still made of rice? I don’t see why.
“It’s the economy, you see? It’s not our fault we have to cut the milk with chalk water again.”
The free market has spoken. There just isn’t enough demand for rice grains in the rice crispies. It’s simple economics.
Smart. Should also raise the price, just to be sure
Strange times to live through when even your goyslop gets a dose of enshittification.
I thought Rice Krispies was a kosher cereal?
